Court from UK approves Veaceslav Platon's release on bail; decision on extradition to be adopted in late next November

The court from the United Kingdom has approved the release of Veaceslav Platon on bail. The decision on his extradition is expected to be taken by British courts during November 24 - 28, 2025. At present, UK authorities are continuing to review both extradition requests, which have been connected into a single procedure.

According to the Prosecutor General's Office (PG), after Veaceslav Platon was detained in March 2025, preventive arrest enforced against him, in order ensure the extradition procedure.

“This action was taken following an extradition request sent by the Prosecutor General's Office of Moldova to the UK's Central Authority on September 25, 2024,, based on a string of crimes Veaceslav Platon is accused of, which are being investigated,” the institution said.

As for the detention decision, Veaceslav Platon objected and exercised his right to request bail twice. Both requests were denied.

“After his detention on May 27, 2025, another extradition request was initiated in two criminal cases, which are currently at the judicial examination stage. This request was initiated by the Ministry of Justice, according to the competencies provided by the procedural-criminal law,” the PG said.

According to British legislation, Veaceslav Platon received an arrest warrant for the second extradition request as well. His lawyers requested bail for this warrant too. The first request was denied. Following the reviewing of the repeated request, on July 23, the court granted the request, approving his release on a bail of 330,000 pounds with several conditions, including electronic monitoring.

“Release on bail means only a change of the preventive measure imposed on Veaceslav Platon during the examination of the extradition requests initiated by Moldova,” noted the Prosecutor General's Office.

On March 13, 2025, Veaceslav Platon was detained by British authorities. He is being investigated in the criminal file generally referred to as “Laundromat,” accused of organizing and leading a crime ring; organizing the deliberate issuance by a judge of a judgment, decision, sentence, or ruling contrary to the law; organizing abuse of office committed in the interest of a crime ring or a criminal organization; organizing the fabrication, possession and use of false official documents, committed by two or more persons and organizing money laundering by a criminal organization in particularly large amounts.